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what has max taught us about viruses? >> what we have found in max and a couple of other chimpanzees here and on the ivory coast is malaria parasites. give us the answer to an old riddle, namely what is the origin of malaria? where do they come from? the answer is actually -- >> reporter: max. >> it came from chimpanzees. yeah. >> reporter: malaria comes from chimpanzees. we can say that for sure? >> that's right. >> reporter: you are a virus hunter. a pathogen hunter. how hard was it to hunt malaria? >> we have been chasing this a long time. it was exciting to nail it. >> reporter: they nailed it by first identifying strains of malaria found in chimpanzees and compared them to strains killing humans. it turns out genetically, they are nearly identical, except the chimpanzee strain is older. all of that suggest that chimpanzees pass malaria to humans. there is this interface between animals and humans so important because they can exchange viruses, pathogens, things you may have heard of like hiv, ebola, even parasites li
what has max taught us about viruses? >> what we have found in max and a couple of other chimpanzees here and on the ivory coast is malaria parasites. give us the answer to an old riddle, namely what is the origin of malaria? where do they come from? the answer is actually -- >> reporter: max. >> it came from chimpanzees. yeah. >> reporter: malaria comes from chimpanzees. we can say that for sure? >> that's right. >> reporter: you are a virus hunter. a...
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or cialis for daily use. ask your doctor about cialis today, so when the moment is right, you can be ready. and i'm joni. we've been best friends since we were two. we've always been alike. we even both have osteoporosis. but we're active. especially when we vacation. so when i heard about reclast, the only once-a-year iv osteoporosis treatment, i called joni. my doctor said reclast helps restrengthen our bones to help make them resistant to fracture. and reclast is approved to help protect from fracture in more places: hip, spine, even other bones. (announcer) you should never take reclast if you're on zometa, have low blood calcium, kidney problems. or you're pregnant, plan to become pregnant or nursing. take calcium and vitamin d daily. tell your doctor if you develop severe muscle, bone or joint pain or if you have dental problems, as rarely, jaw problems have been reported. the most common side effects include flu-like symptoms, fever, muscle or joint pain and headache. nothing strengthens you like an ol
or cialis for daily use. ask your doctor about cialis today, so when the moment is right, you can be ready. and i'm joni. we've been best friends since we were two. we've always been alike. we even both have osteoporosis. but we're active. especially when we vacation. so when i heard about reclast, the only once-a-year iv osteoporosis treatment, i called joni. my doctor said reclast helps restrengthen our bones to help make them resistant to fracture. and reclast is approved to help protect...
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as many as 90,000 of us, americans, could die this flu season. dr. sanjay gupta answers your questions tonight. >>> cnn today continues with breaking news coming to you out of the united states. that is of the legendary and longtime democratic senator teddy kennedy has died. we have just received word of that. kennedy was, of course, a member of the kennedy political dynasty, really, in the united states. he was the brother of president john f. kennedy and senator robert kennedy. both of whom, as you recall, were assassinated and teddy kennedy is one of only six senators in u.s. history that ser served for more than 40 years. he really made a very successful career in the senate and was a very, very key figure in the democratic party. specifically you may recall last year he played a very important role in the democratic nomination process when he came out and backed the then-senator barack obama for the democratic nomination. that was a huge boost to the now-president barack obama. very, very important contribution from the kennedy family there. he
as many as 90,000 of us, americans, could die this flu season. dr. sanjay gupta answers your questions tonight. >>> cnn today continues with breaking news coming to you out of the united states. that is of the legendary and longtime democratic senator teddy kennedy has died. we have just received word of that. kennedy was, of course, a member of the kennedy political dynasty, really, in the united states. he was the brother of president john f. kennedy and senator robert kennedy. both...
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here with us is the python hunter. joe, thanksing if being with us. are there really 100,000 of these snakes out there? >> we really can't put a number on it at 100,000 or 150,000. it is so new in the game. we flow is a lot. >> they are a danger to the ecosome. they change the entire ecosystem when a new predator is produced. are they a threat to humans? >> you know, where pythons come from, burmese pythons, there has never been a human killed and eaten by one. i highly doubt that will happen in florida in the everglades that is. >> what is -- how serious a danger are they to the environment, to the ecosystem? >> they are a danger to the ecosystem because they are a top predator. and they will eat a lot of birds. we found a lot of different animals, mammals, birds and alligators in their stomach. people forget we have a big predator that lives in the everglades that lives for millions of years. alligators. >> how long could they have been released for? if there are 100,000 of them is that because they have mated and given birth or have 100,000 been re
here with us is the python hunter. joe, thanksing if being with us. are there really 100,000 of these snakes out there? >> we really can't put a number on it at 100,000 or 150,000. it is so new in the game. we flow is a lot. >> they are a danger to the ecosome. they change the entire ecosystem when a new predator is produced. are they a threat to humans? >> you know, where pythons come from, burmese pythons, there has never been a human killed and eaten by one. i highly doubt...
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both joining us tonight. nathan, congratulations on this discovery. >> thank you. >> i know this is so important in the scientific community. for folks at home myself included, i listen to all this and think, malaria, where does the mosquito fit in here? >> sure. mosquitos permit malaria to move from animal to animal. hundreds of thousands of years a single infected mosquito who fed on a chimpanzee and later fed on a human that permitted this parasite to cross over into humans. >> that is amazing. you can trace it back from that one single mosquito that far. sanjay, medically, why is this so important? >> you mentioned a million or two die from malaria, 500 million get infected. i have had malaria. nathan has had it a few times. a lot of people get this. it is awful in terms of symptoms. more to the point and curious what nathan thinks about this, this idea if you isolate a path gen like this in chimpanzees, could you possibly be one step closer to creating a vaccine? we talk about mosquito nets and preventin
both joining us tonight. nathan, congratulations on this discovery. >> thank you. >> i know this is so important in the scientific community. for folks at home myself included, i listen to all this and think, malaria, where does the mosquito fit in here? >> sure. mosquitos permit malaria to move from animal to animal. hundreds of thousands of years a single infected mosquito who fed on a chimpanzee and later fed on a human that permitted this parasite to cross over into...
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we can't use them for a vacation. you can use the points for just about anything. i know... ♪ the way you look tonight ♪ chase what matters. >>> some 90,000 americans could die from the swine flu this fall and winter. dr. gupta joins us to talk about how to protect your family. first, erica hill. >> a coyotic scene at a health care town hall in virginia. invited former governor howard dean, who's also a medical doctor, to field questions from constituents. not exactly invited to the event was terry randal. founder of anti-abortion group operation rescue. take a listen. >> howard dean is a baby killer. abortion is murder. howard dean is a baby killer! howard dean is a baby killer! >> take him out! take him out! >> howard dean is a baby killer! >> get him out! >> howard dean is a baby killer! abortion is murder! >> was eventually escorted out by police. meeting continued as plans. >>> nearly 40 people killed when a tanker truck full of explosives blew up in front of a construction company in kandahar, afghanistan, tonight. the head of the provincial council says
we can't use them for a vacation. you can use the points for just about anything. i know... ♪ the way you look tonight ♪ chase what matters. >>> some 90,000 americans could die from the swine flu this fall and winter. dr. gupta joins us to talk about how to protect your family. first, erica hill. >> a coyotic scene at a health care town hall in virginia. invited former governor howard dean, who's also a medical doctor, to field questions from constituents. not exactly invited...
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customers that use the internet, use online banking. it all kind of falls in with what you're doing, and it's free. you can pay all your bills online, customers can save tons of time. we have great new image atms. it will give you a receipt which has a copy of the check you deposited. deposit cash, any denomination you don't even have to count the cash, just put it in there. let it do the work for you. and they can have those deposits posted to their account the same business day up until 8...